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 necessarily called for by medical reasons, in which case the animal owner of such impounded animal shall be duly advised.

ii. AII animals impounded pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be fully entitled to proper custody, care, shelter and sustenance.

iii. Animals which have died within the impoundment period shall be disposed of according to proper veterinary and health procedures. The Barangay Pound shall not take any responsibility whatsoever for any animal death, except when such death can be proven to have been due to neglect or deliberate cruelty on the part of the staff concerned.

iv. No wildlife, exotic or endangered animals seized while wandering in public places shall be subject to impoundment but, right upon capture, be forthwith committed for proper care and custody to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), except: that when upon capture such wildlife is found to have been exhibiting symptoms of communicable diseases, then same shall be euthanized pursuant to the pertinent provisions of Administrative Order No. 21, Series of 1999, otherwise known as the Code of Conduct in the Euthanasia for Pets/Animals and Slaughter of Animals for Food.

v. No bomb-sniffing, drug-sniffing or any police dogs shall for any reason be subject to impoundment.

Sec. 11. Notice of Impoundment.

a. Within twelve (12) hours starting from the time an animal was committed for impoundment at the Barangay Pound, the personnel-in-charge shall locate and identify its animal owner, after which notice of impoundment shall forthwith be issued and served to such person.

b. When no animal owner shall have been located and identified with the impounded animal the same shall ipso facto be deemed abandoned, thus be properly disposed in accordance with the pertinent provisions of Section 12 of this Ordinance.

c. The personnel-in-charge of the Barangay Pound shall, from time to time, make a list of all impounded animals thereat, complete with corresponding identifiable description to include kind, breed, color, and other unique markings, if any there be, and post such list at designated public posting boards within the municipality or through the use of social and other mass media.